{"title":"Undiagnosed Wilson Disease Presented as Liver Failure after Hepatitis A Virus Super infection","authors":"Lubana Akram, Tasfia Jannat, MD Rukunuzzaman, Khan Lamia Nahid","doi":"10.3329/kyamcj.v13i4.60552","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Hepatitis A super infection can cause severe or even fatal illness in patients with chronic liver disease. Here, we describe a ten-year-old boy who was admitted for acute hepatitis A virus infection but later on he was diagnosed with Wilson disease. Wilson disease was diagnosed on the basis of low ceruloplasmin, high urinary copper excretion, and the presence of K-F ring. Hepatitis A was diagnosed by the presence of antibody in the blood. This case report suggests that acute hepatitis A virus infection may play a role in acute decompensation in diagnosed or undiagnosed chronic liver disease. \nKYAMC Journal Vol. 13, No. 04, January 2023: 261-263","PeriodicalId":17948,"journal":{"name":"KYAMC Journal","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"KYAMC Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3329/kyamcj.v13i4.60552","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Hepatitis A super infection can cause severe or even fatal illness in patients with chronic liver disease. Here, we describe a ten-year-old boy who was admitted for acute hepatitis A virus infection but later on he was diagnosed with Wilson disease. Wilson disease was diagnosed on the basis of low ceruloplasmin, high urinary copper excretion, and the presence of K-F ring. Hepatitis A was diagnosed by the presence of antibody in the blood. This case report suggests that acute hepatitis A virus infection may play a role in acute decompensation in diagnosed or undiagnosed chronic liver disease.
KYAMC Journal Vol. 13, No. 04, January 2023: 261-263
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